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Artemisia absinthium
Herbaceous perennial with silver-green leaves arranged spirally around the stems, yellow wind-pollinated flowers, and fibrous roots.
Artemisia species are known for the powerful chemical constituents in their essential oils – substances such as terpenoids, flavonoids, coumarins, caffeoylquinic acids,and sterols which have been extracted for medicinal and other uses such as insecticides, antimalarials, cytotoxins, antihepatotoxic, fungicides, antibacterials, and allelochemicals.
Wormwood is an intensely bitter herb once used for flavouring absinthe, mead, and in 18th century England, wormwood was sometimes used instead of hops in beer. In Morocco it is used with tea, called sheeba. In Lithuania it is used mixed with Tansy for preservative purposes (to protect smoked meats from flies blow, other pests, and spoilage) as well as for flavouring.
Wormwood is a highly valued medicinal plant with many uses, particularly as a tonic on the liver and digestive system and as a vermifuge, but must be taken with caution as large doses can be fatal. Wormwood can be also used as a deterrent against fleas and moths and is a useful companion plant in a chook run. It can be fed to stock as an anthelminthic. Root secretions may inhibit growth of other plants, e.g. weeds. The leaves and stems can be cut back as hard as you like each season – we use it for ‘chop and drop’ biomass. Yellow and green dyes can be made from the leaves.
Full sun, well drained site. Artemisias tend to be longer lived, more hardy and more aromatic when they are grown in a poor dry soil.
Height to 100cm.
Certified organic plant.
N.B. Shipping costs are added AFTER you have placed your order, you will then be emailed an invoice with bank details.
Smallest box rate:
This can fit up to 9 plants in 9cm pots.
Shipping a single tree can be expensive. We may be able to fit more in the box for the same price! See our shipping rates for single and multi tree boxes.
Combining sizes?
No problem, we will work out the best rate for you once you’ve placed your order.
Jo has a passion for growing herbs but is not a qualified herbalist and has no medical background.
We are lucky to have Patricia Beagle working here at times, who is qualified, and some of her advice does appear on these pages, but herbs act differently for different people and can interact with other medicines. We therefore always recommend that you consult with your own qualified health-care practitioner before using herbal products, particularly if you are pregnant, nursing or on any medications.
Kahikatea Farm cannot take any responsibility for any adverse effects from the use of the plants or a plant not having the effect it is reputed to have.
